Blackjack Player Offers $50,000 Reward for $1,500,000 Bellagio Gunman

Dec 22, 2010

Written by: Brian Matthews

Blackjack playing philanthropist Robin Hood 702 has offered a $50K bounty towards the arrest of the Bellagio gunman who escaped with $1.5 million.

In scenes which may be vaguely reminiscent of Ocean’s 11, earlier this month, two USA blackjack casinos were robbed at gunpoint. The second of these was the famous Bellagio Resort and Casino which was hit for $1,500,000. During the latter incident, the culprit was cloaked by a motorcycle helmet and black one piece garment. Marching directly to the craps table, within less than 3 minutes, the bandit robbed the croupier and snatched fistfuls of $25,000 casino tokens. The criminal was captured on video bolting on a motorbike.

In a surprising twist of events, the blackjack card game playing philanthropist Robin Hood 702 entered himself into the story by offering a $50,000 bounty upon the arrest of the robber. Robin Hood 702 explained his charity relies upon tourist security in Las Vegas.

As Robin Hood 702 puts it “These are desperate times. People are going to say, ‘Why don’t I take a shot?’… I’m just trying to find this guy and stop any copycats. If the Bellagio was hit, the Palazzo could be hit, the Venetian, the MGM Grand, it could be every casino. This guy has to be apprehended quickly…. Fifty grand is a lot for someone to have in their pocket. I’m hoping other casinos will kind of add to the bounty and make this an incredible thing.”

Although detectives are hoping high denomination chips from the Bellagio will come to light, Anthony Curtis, a Las Vegas advisor suggests “A lot of the $5,000 chips are all over the place, especially with poker players. There would be some motivation for a poker player to hope this would get resolved.”

Robin Hood has earned fame over the past few years by using blackjack strategy to win considerable funding for worthy charities. For example, last August, Robin Hood of the blackjack tables gave away £600,000 to the poor. He also gave $35,000 to a Detroit couple economically destroyed by medical treatment for their daughter’s brain cancer

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